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  2. Securities fraud - Wikipedia

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    The SEC says that Internet fraud resides in several forms: Online investment newsletters that offer seemingly unbiased information free of charge about featured companies or recommending "stock picks of the month". These newsletter writers then sell shares, previously acquired at lower prices, when hype-generated buying drives the stock price up.

  3. Investment scams are everywhere on social media. Here's how ...

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    Social media is full of scammers promising guaranteed returns on investment, and consumers lost billions of dollars to them last year. Troy Gochenour, 50, of Columbus, Ohio, was conned out of ...

  4. Pig butchering scam - Wikipedia

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    A pig butchering scam (in Chinese sha zhu pan [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: 杀猪盘), translated as killing pig game) [1] is a type of long-term scam, which usually but not always combines the various forms of romance scams and investment frauds, in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent ...

  5. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    He was charged with fraud and forgery by Toronto police but was not convicted, since the Canadian courts lacked adequate trial time to give him a trial. The following year, he was arrested again and charged with fraud in a similar print investment scheme that netted $9 million. In 2018, he was convicted for fraud and sentenced to eight years.

  6. Atlanta woman loses $120K to fake financial adviser — here ...

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    Atlanta woman loses $120K to fake financial adviser — here are the warning signs of investment fraud. Danielle Antosz. September 17, 2024 at 7:17 AM.

  7. 7 warning signs of a bad investment - AOL

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    This type of pitch is often a sign of an investment scam, so it may be best to avoid it entirely. What to look for instead: While investments like Treasurys and CDs are not risk-free, they are ...